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#4388 | | philosophy: The ability to bear with calmness the misfortunes of our friends.
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#4389 | | philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
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#4390 | | phosflink: To flick a bulb on and off when it burns out (as if, somehow, that will bring it back to life). -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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#4391 | | Pickle's Law: If Congress must do a painful thing, the thing must be done in an odd-number year.
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#4392 | | pixel, n.: A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays. The computer industry has frequently borrowed from mythology: Witness the sprites in computer graphics, the demons in artificial intelligence, and the trolls in the marketing department.
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#4393 | | Please take note:
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#4394 | | Pohl's law: Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it.
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#4395 | | poisoned coffee, n.: Grounds for divorce.
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#4396 | | politics, n.: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. -- Ambrose Bierce
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#4397 | | Pollyanna's Educational Constant: The hyperactive child is never absent.
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